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Forty Four Years With Baruch Kanner and The Chloride Ion

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Baruch Kanner and this author have had parallel careers investigating neurotransmitter transporters. At multiple times during their careers, they have found themselves collaborating or competing, but always learning from each other. This commentary elaborates on the interactions between the Kanner and Rudnick laboratories, with a focus on transporters in the Neurotransmitter: Sodium Symporter (NSS) family of amino acid and amine transporters. A key focus of these interactions is the mechanism by which chloride ions activate and drive transport.

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Rudnick, G. Forty Four Years With Baruch Kanner and The Chloride Ion. Neurochem Res 47, 3–8 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11064-021-03330-0

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